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Do you want to start and run your own business? This fully revised and updated 12th edition of South Africas best-selling business guide contains all the information you need to start, manage and sustain a profitable small business in South Africa.

The book covers the key stages of starting a business: planning, getting started and scaling up. Read it in one go or as you need the relevant information.

Do you want to start and run your own business? This fully revised and updated 12th edition of South Africas best-selling business guide contains all the information you need to start, manage and sustain a profitable small business in South Africa.

The book covers the key stages of starting a business: planning, getting started and scaling up. Read it in one go or as you need the relevant information.

Features

  • Updated in 2010 to incorporate changes to SA legislation that pertain to small businesses
  • A business manual specifically written for South African conditions
  • Downloadable documentation (templates, forms and other business documents) on the OUP SA website, with electronic links (web links) to other helpful business-support sites
  • Real case studies giving the voice and opinions of real South African business owners so that the content meets the needs of most business owners and is representative of 'real' people

Part l: Planning
1Do you really want to do this?
2Many styles, few rules
3Where do you start?
4A start-up story
5Thinking about partnerships
6Alternatives to starting from scratch
Part ll: Getting started
7Structuring your business
8Set up a base camp
9Cash-flow chart
10Breakeven point
11Into the market
12The first scary months
Part lll: Scaling up
13Finding finance
14From garage to factory, home to office
15Setting up systems
16Understanding the Consumer Protection Act
17Understanding labour law
18Financial management and tax
19Your business and black economic empowerment
20Women in business
21Support for your business
Literate. post matriculants or adults who are thinking of starting their own business.
Memorandum of Incorporation - short standard form
Download

Memorandum of Incorporation - long standard form
Download

Application to reserve a company name
Download

Business plan templates
Download

Letter of appointment
Download

Credit application forms
Download

Stationery Checklist
Download

Avril Elizabeth Home judgment
Download

Basic cash flow statement
Download

Schedule 8 of Labour Relations Act
Download

Some more breakeven examples
Download

The Consumer Protection Act
Download

The Consumer Protection Act - Regulations
Download

The Consumer Protection Act - DTI’s Booklet
Download

The Companies Act
Download

The Companies Act - Application to reserve a name
Download

The Companies Act - Regulations
Download

The Companies Act - Memorandum of Incorporation (Long)
Download

The Companies Act - Memorandum of Incorporation (Short)
Download

Cash flow examples
Download

Useful links to relevant business sites are listed below:

www.businessreport.co.za
Online version of the business section of Independent Newspapers’ daily titles

www.businessday.co.za
Online version of South Africa’s top business daily newspaper

www.cipc.co.za
The website of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, which is the government commission where businesses are registered. All company registration forms can be obtained from this site.

www.dti.gov.za
The website of the Department of Trade and Industry

www.entrepreneurmag.co.za
Online version of the monthly magazine Entrepreneur

www.fin24.com/Entrepreneurs
The small business section of the business news website Fin24

http://www.sefa.org.za
The website of the government’s main small-business finance agency: Khula Enterprise Finance

www.labour.gov.za
The website of the Department of Labour

www.labourwise.co.za
The website of the labour consultancy Labourwise

www.seda.co.za
The website of the government’s Small Enterprise Development Agency

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